SINGLE PAYER LEGISLATION

The Medicare for All Act of 2019, introduced by Representative Pramila Jayapal as H.R. 1384, would improve and expand the overwhelmingly successful and popular Medicare program, so that every person living in the United States has guaranteed access to healthcare with comprehensive benefits.

The Medicare for All Act of 2019, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders as S. 1129, fundamentally transforms the country’s dysfunctional health care system by eliminating profit-driven health insurance corporations and instead covering every resident through an improved Medicare plan at far lower cost to working families and the nation as a whole.

State-level single-payer legislation has been introduced in 26 states at one time or another, and many state campaigns are currently very active, such as in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, California, Minnesota, Oregon and elsewhere. Contact Healthcare-NOW if you would like to be put in touch with state single-payer efforts in your area.